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PEOPLE v. GRIFFITH

No. 1-99-4193.

777 N.E.2d 459 (2002)

334 Ill. App.3d 98

267 Ill.Dec. 656

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Evan GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita A. Fry, Cook County Public Defender, Chicago (Harold J. Winston, Assistant Public Defender, and Adam Oyebanji, Law Clerk, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Renee Goldfarb, Kenneth T. McCurry, and Katherine Blakey Cox, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellee.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

On May 11, 1985, sixteen-year-old Evan Griffith, the defendant, used a hammer, then scissors, then a knife, and then a bigger knife to kill Leroi Shanks. After killing Shanks, Griffith took about $124 from Shanks's wallet and ran away. Eleven days later, on May 22, 1985, Griffith was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and extradited to Chicago, Illinois, for trial.

More than 14 years later, Griffith went to...

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